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For the record, August 21, 2018

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Finance

Michael Grist, Jacqueline Kelly, Gerald Matier and Wilma van Norden have been appointed as new members, serving two-year terms, of the Financial Institutions Commission (FICOM), a regulatory agency of the provincial Ministry of Finance responsible for administering statutes that regulate the pension, mortgage broker and financial services sectors in B.C.

Grist was most recently a financial sector regulatory specialist with the World Bank in Washington, D.C., and formerly the deputy superintendent of insurance and pensions with FICOM, where he worked from 1998 until 2011.

Kelly is a retired lawyer and practised corporate and commercial law with a major Vancouver law firm for over 30 years. 

Matier has 37 years’ experience in the regulatory environment. For the last 26 years, he was executive director of the Insurance Council of British Columbia and prior to that, was a deputy superintendent with the B.C. Securities Commission.

Van Norden was most recently managing director responsible for supervision of federally regulated financial institutions, heading the Vancouver office of OSFI (the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada). She held senior positions with OSFI from 1989 to 2017.

Health/Medical

John Campbell has been appointed to the advisory board at FinCanna Capital Corp., a royalty company for the U.S.-licensed medical cannabis industry. Campbell has more than 35 years of experience in the investment industry.

Legal

Geoff Bowman has joined Dentons as a partner in its construction, infrastructure and public-private partnerships and litigation and dispute resolution groups. Bowman’s practice focuses on resolving construction disputes, as well as disputes relating to tendering and procurement.

Non-profit

Five new members have been elected to the board of directors at viaSport BC, a non-profit whose purpose is to transform and scale the impact of sport in B.C. The new members are Jessica Burton, senior manager, project operations, Arc’teryx Equipment; Eron Main, CEO, International Wheelchair Rugby Federation; Melanie Pump, vice-president, finance, Incognito Software Systems; Tom Waller, founder and senior vice-president of Lululemon Athletica’s Whitespace; and Geoffrey Wong, owner, 519 Design + Build. Jon Festinger and Rick Ramsbottom have been re-elected as board chair and vice-chair, respectively. Outgoing board directors include Loreen Barnett, Caley Denton and Todd Kobus.

Public

Amanda Chow, Donald Huston, Donald Myers, James Pettit and William Willoughby were re-elected directors of Cypress Development Corp., a publicly traded exploration company focused on developing the Clayton Valley lithium project in Nevada.

Resources

Dominic Barton, global managing partner of McKinsey & Co., will join Teck Resources Ltd.’s board of directors on September 1. Norman B. Keevil, current chairman, will retire from that role on October 1, at which time Barton will replace him. Also at that time, Norman Keevil III, a director of the company since 1997, will become vice-chair. Keevil and long-standing board member Warren S. R. Seyffert, also deputy chairman and lead director, each said they plan to retire from the board at year-end. Keevil is expected to be named chairman emeritus and special adviser to the board in recognition of his role in helping build Teck into a major force in the mining industry. 

Retail

Nicolas Tesoriero has been appointed CFO at Saje. Tesoriero has more than 20 years of leadership experience in diverse markets across North America, Latin America and Europe. His previous roles have included vice-president, finance, operations and customer relations at Luxottica; global vice-president, finance and operations at Oliver Peoples; as CFO and vice-president, business development, at Oakley and most recently as CFO of PIRCH.

Transportation

Robbin R.R. Sinclaire will join the Port of Nanaimo’s board of directors as the federal appointee. Sinclaire is an entrepreneur and independent management consultant who is engaged by businesses and government and has two decades of economic development experience/contributions in the eastern Arctic. Sinclaire’s areas of expertise are financial management, governance/accountability and project management. She has worked in both a professional and volunteer capacity with boards of directors and currently serves as a council member with the energy regulatory body in Nunavut.  Previously, Sinclaire helped establish Nunavut’s first Habitat for Humanity affiliate. Working on deep sea port infrastructure and marine transportation development in the Arctic over the last few years, she is a corporate member of the Master Mariners of Canada. The Port of Nanaimo is one of 18 port authorities across Canada, established under the Canada Marine Act and Letters Patent to promote and support the national, regional and local economies and to ensure a safe and secure harbour for cargo operations.  

Companies on the move

New Practice

Stuart Morrow is retiring as a senior partner with DLA Piper (Canada) LLP (formerly Davis & Co.) in Vancouver, after more than 35 years of mergers and acquisitions practice and counsel. Morrow has formed Independent Chair Inc., through which he will continue to pursue his career-long active interest in proxy contests and corporate governance matters.

Hats Off

Business in Vancouver welcomes submissions from local small businesses and large corporations alike that demonstrate examples of corporate philanthropy and community involvement in the Vancouver area. High-resolution images are also welcome.

TB Vets Charitable Foundation donated $45,000 to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. The funds have helped to purchase a special ventilator that will assist post-cardiac surgery patients; the hospital performs more than 1,000 open-heart surgeries per year.

RBC Foundation Future Launch donated $50,000 to Zajac Ranch for Children in support of the CampWorks program to ensure young people are better prepared for the future of work. Zajac Ranch for Children provides a safe and fun camp experience to children and young adults facing chronic, life-threatening or debilitating conditions.

Coast Capital Savings donated $5,000 to an 11-week pilot project integrating Junior Achievement British Columbia’s Dollars with Sense program into Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cowichan Valley’s Go Girls! group mentoring services. The project, which wrapped up in May, is important for the Cowichan Valley – a region facing disproportionate rates of youth vulnerability. Duncan has repeatedly been named among the worst cities in the province for low-income families, with almost three in 10 children living in poverty.

The Province of B.C. recently gave a $200,000 provincial grant to the Dan’s Legacy Foundation. The funds will help the charity hire four new counsellors, doubling its capacity. Dan’s Legacy provides therapeutic counselling and life-skills intervention programs for at-risk youth in Metro Vancouver battling trauma-based mental health and addictions issues.

Chef’s Table Society of BC donated $2,000 in proceeds from its recent Chef Meets Truck event to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. •